Global executive search firm Boyden has appointed Meg Bradt as managing director in the firm’s New York office and Janice Detta Colli as managing director in Boyden’s Toronto office.
Bradt has provided executive search services to clients ranging from Fortune 50 corporations to private equity concerns and professional service firms in the US, Europe and Asia.
While growing numbers of millionaires are relocating to Singapore, the country’s financial sector is experiencing a talent shortfall, reports news site CNBC.com.
PricewaterhouseCoopers 2011 ‘Global Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey’ showed Singapore is poised to become the number one financial centre in the world by 2013, moving ahead of Switzerland and Hong Kong.
UK-based body the Institute of Interim Management has launched IIM Canada.
The Canadian branch, established by interim executive and business turnaround expert Roelf Woldring, will represent interim management, promoting the profession and establishing education and accreditation opportunities across the Canada.
Two recruiters have been recognised for their successful entrepreneurship in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 Awards’ Business Products and Services category.
Technology recruiter Nicholson International has launched a contracts & interim division in its London headquarters.
The new division will be led by former Aquila Consulting group managing director, Kenny McAllister, and will focus on the enterprise software, cloud, communications and financial services markets.
A recruitment rush in New Zealand is expected following the end of the Rugby World Cup, reports news site stuff.co.nz.
With the Rugby World Cup monopolising the nation’s attention, business as a whole in New Zealand has been slow of late, but a recruitment rush is expected once the tournament finishes on 23 October and after the 26 November general election takes place.
Online outplacement service MyWorkSearch has teamed up with training provider Exchange Group to provide its Work Club clients with interactive eLearning content and online job search tools.
Exchange Group in association with Jobcentre Plus operates the largest network of Work Clubs in the UK, offering jobseekers a range of services covering skills training and employability support.
Implementing the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) in Northern Ireland (NI) without the 12-week qualifying period could damage the very people it is supposed to help, according to the group implementation director of Grafton Employment Group.
Business secretary Vince Cable and work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith have appointed nine new commissioners to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.
The commission works with government to raise skill levels and aims to help drive enterprise, create more and better jobs and promote economic growth.
The new Commissioners are: